Diogenes of Sinope
Diogenes the Cynic, also known as Diogenes of Sinope, was an ancient Greek philosopher during the period of Classical Greece, and one of the founders of Cynicism.
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- Sinope
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Trending topics shown first"Plato had defined Man as an animal, biped and featherless, and was applauded. Diogenes plucked a fowl and brought it into the lecture-room with the words, "Behold Plato's man!"
"Diogenes Laërtius, Life of Diogenes, translated by Robert Drew Hicks"
"When some one reminded him that the people of Sinope had sentenced him to exile, he said, "And I sentenced them to stay at home."
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Timeline
-399
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Birth-322
Died
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